Consultant doesn't back arming rangers in metro parks in Columbus area of central Ohio

10/6/2013

ASSOCIATED PRESS

COLUMBUS — A consultant doesn’t think arming rangers is a good idea despite the rangers’ requests to be allowed to carry weapons for self-protection and to protect parks visitors in central Ohio.

The Columbus Dispatch reports that the consultant hired by metro parks officials in the Columbus area recommends that parks officials create a separate armed police force or pay an existing law-enforcement agency to patrol the parks.